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50 million CDs sold, most artists get around $1 sometimes more for each sold in US dollars. Considering Avex prices I'd say she likely get $2-$3 for each sale. Then there is all of the additional products they release, her spokesperson jobs for Rimmel, Lands of Eden, Morinaga and many others. Then add the concert tours for atleast 13 of 15 years that everyone says woud earn more than her Cds. All together $400 million in US dollars would be on the low end of her possible earnings.

As far as the multiple homes and multiple cars things go or the huge house. The cars she's been shown to drive herself show her in standard coupe models and only owning 1 at a time. She said since laws changed she's quit driving. PQ interviews talk about a huge house with rooms she's never seen, I've never heard of anyone buying a home without checking every room to know what theyre getting. Pictures from her house interior and exterior show a much more modest size. The interviews for PQ also describe this huge elaborate multimillion dollar car for her drivers to take her places, but she still shows up everywhere in the same style SUV she's used for atleast 3 years.

If you want a better idea of how she lives, closely watch the tweets & TA entries where she shows places she goes and around her home. You're much better off ignoring what is told to the press, because with each album's new image the details about her life are usually changed to help sell the current image and all the products that go with that image.